Reversible window



M. P. COM'ERFORD ET AL- May19, 192s.

REVERSIBLE WINDOW Filed Nov. 11, 1922 Patented May 19, 1925.

UNITED STATES PA ENT..-oFFrcE.

MICHAEL ,ra'rnrox coarse-roan AND HENRY B. rananrn'or OTTAWA, on'rARro,

CANADA. Y

REVERSIBLE WINDOW.

Application filedNovember 11,1922. Serial No. 600,302;

.To all whom it may concern:

a railway cars, and houses where it is necessary to clear the same offrost or any other view-obstructing matter that may adhere to theoutside of the panes.

An object of our invention is to so con struct a window that it may bereversed and still be airtight in its closed position.

A further object is to devise a reversible window wherein the cleaningof the outside of the panes is readily done without evertion and withoutrisk of breaking the glass.

In the drawing forming part of this description,

Figure 1 is a transverse section of a window frame showing thereversible window in closed position.

Fig. 2 is front view of a house window constructed with our invention,the lower section illustrating the window closed in the directionopposite tothat shown in the upper section.

Referring to Fig. 1, 1 is the window frame, having a. chamfered portion2. This frame is mounted as usual in an opening, which in the presentcase is a brick veneer structure 3, as shown. A window sash 4,preferably made the size of the opening, is pivoted vertically by meansof pivots 5 and 5, mounted respectively on the edge of the upper andlower window rail, and sockets 6 and 6 mounted centrally on the top andbottom of the frame. The sash is provided with a cleat 7, fastenedcentrally on the edge thereof and extending from a point near the pivot5 and around the side rail to a point on the other half of the lowerrail close to the pivot 5 This cleat is of a thickness suflicient tofill the chamfered portion 2. The other half of the sash is providedwith a pair of parallel grooves 8, into which is mounted a packing tube9. This tube extends fro-m pivot 5 around the edges of the side rail topivot 5 on the. lower rail. This double packing is intended forthe-sealing of the window on both sides of the frame when the same isreversed. V

In the application of the window to an automobile, serving as a windshield, the

mounting and the construction of theframe the same as that describedexcepting that the packing 9 may be dispensed with.

In the application of our windowto a locomotive cab, it'may be remarkedthat the construction answers admirably for the pur-, pose as theengineer, by merely reversing the window, has access to the obstructedside of the glass and can readily clean the same. N

In the foregoing description, the mounting of the window has beendescribed as consisting of pivots fitted into the sockets but it will beunderstood that any mountings which would'cause the window to re-, volvewould be suitable and we lay no claims to this construction.

It will also be understood that the cleat serving as a stop for one sideof the window may be shaped in different manners and that the packingmay also be changed to suit various applications. e

We, therefore, do not wish to be limited to the constructionillustrated, but we wish it understood that the description is merelyintended to illustrate the invention and that the spirit thereof isenunciated in the following claims.

Claims:

1. In a reversible window, a frame having a continuous chamfered recessadjacent its inner edge, a sash in said frame pivoted so as to swingtherein on a arc of 180, a cleat mounted over one-half of the edge ofthe frame on one side of the pivots, and a packing strip mounted on theopposite half thereof.

2. In a reversible window, a frame having a continuous chamfered recessadjacent its.

inner edge, a sash normally closing the opening in said frame andpivoted therein to swing through an arc of 180 from one fully closedposition to another, a cleat mounted centrally of the edge of one halfof the sash and packing means mounted on the edge of the other halfthereof, said cleat and said packing disposed on opposite sides of thesash pivoting means and normally engaged respectively in the chamfered'recess side of the pivots, and packing strips l0 and with the inner faceof the Window mounted parallel to each side on the edge of frame. d f 1the remaining half of the sash.

3; In a reversible Win 0W, a rame iaving v a continuous recess adjacentits inner edge, 7 MICHAEL PATRICK COMERFORD- asash mounted in said frameand pivoted HENRY B so as to swing on a circle of 180, said sash 7 Inthe presence of: having a cleat projecting from the center J. P. GABON,of its edge along half of its contour on one M. BLACK.

